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No4I 551,114. Patented Dec. 10, 1895.

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Patented Deo. 10, 1895.4

UNITED STATES EETCE.

PATENT PEROIVAL IV. ELLIOTT, OF READING, ASSIGNOR TO THE HIGHLAND FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

H EATING-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,114, dated December` 10, 1895.

Application filed .Iuly 30,1894.

To all whoml t may con/cern.-

Be it known that I, PERCIVAL W. ELLIOTT, of Reading, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Heating Furnaces, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in explaining its nature.

The invention relates especially to the damper or draft-controlling devices of a heatingfurnace or heating-stove, and it comprises a pipe system of peculiar` arrangement and character, combined with a damper and coldair inlet peculiarly arranged in relation to each other and to the pipe system.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in verticalA section upon the dotted line o0 x of Fig. 2, showing in elevation parts backA of said line. Fig. 2 is a view in horizontal section upon the dotted line y y of Fig. l.

It will be understood that the products of combustion, leaving the combustion-chamber A, pass through the opening a,which is the direct smoke-escape port, into the curved passage a in the curved pipe a2, and from thence they may pass by the passage as directly to the direct flue in the pipe a4 to the chimney, or they may pass down the pipe Z) to the curved horizontal pipe B, and thence upward to the direct escape through the uptake b. There is a damper b2 of ordinary type for regulating the size of or closing entirely the direct passage a?. The pipe a2 is cast integral with the pipe l), and it has on its inner side the flange c at the end of the short inward extending section c. This flange has a hole c2 and bears against the radiator-shell c3 and is bolted or otherwise attached to the flange c4 of a collar c5, the flange c4 being upon the inside of the radiatorshell and the collar c5 projecting through a hole in the radiator-shell and the hole in the flange c. (See Fig. 2.)

The pipe B has the box end d cast integral with it, having the inlet d surrounded by the recess d2, which receives the lower end of the pipe b and provides for a gas-joint. It also has the hole d5, which is closed by a cap d4, which has a flange shutting into a gas-joint and recess d5.

The outer end of the pipe B is open and Serial No. 518,910. (No model.)

' has a flange e5 surrounding it. To this flange is bolted or otherwise attached a plate E, which has a short hollow extension e, having the inclined edge e against which the hinged plate or door e2 closes, this door being hinged at c3 to ears c4 upon the plate. This provides the cold-air inlet and means for regulating its size or closing it. There is also in the pipe B, close to its outer end', the hole f, by which connection is established with the uptake b'. This hole is surrounded by an annular plate f2, which is bolted or otherwise attached to the pipe B, and which supports the stationary section G of a conical damper and the movable section G. Both of these sections are in the lower part of the uptake b immediately over the hole f and close to the coldair inlet. Each section of the damper substantially forms half a hollow cone. The stationary part Gis attached to ears extending up from the plate f2. The movable part G is hinged at g to an ear upon said plate, and it is operated from without the pipe by the notched sector-latch g', which is attached at g2 to the movable section, extends out through a hole in the uptake, and the notches of which engage the edge of a latch-plate g3. The uptake fits around the annular plate f2, which, in substance, forms a collarA for it. The movable section Gl closes against the section G. The point of both sections is removed t0 provide a contracted passage 7L (see Fig. 2) when the damper is closed, so as to leave a small gas-escape opening.

It will be seen that the casting which provides the pipes a2 and l) is a right and leftthat is, it is capable of beingconnected at either end with the pipe-section M from which the outlet a3 extends. This result is obtained by providing the casting with flanges n at each end of the horizontal section. To one flange the section M is attached, to the other a closing-plate N; but these are reversible at will, the section M having anges m to which the removable plate m' is secured, and which plate may be used in connection with the flanges m2 at the other end of the section.

, In use, when the damper b2 is open, the products of combustion pass from the combustion-Chamb er through the outlet a directly to the uptake, as before observed. When IOO the damper b2 is closed, the products of combustion pass down the passage Z9, through the base passage in the pipe B, into the uptake D', the strength of the draft being regulated by the damper G G and by the cold-air inlet E', or by either-that is, when the cold-air inlet Eis closed it may be regulated, though not to so great an extent, by the dampers G G.

It will be noticed that the pipes and dainpers are arranged upon ythe side of the furnace and have connection with the combustion-chamber upon the side rather than at the back, and that this brings all the dainpers at the front of the furnace and renders access to the pipes easy through the openings, which are also in a convenient position.

It will be seen that the pipe B is also a right and left, in that it has a double opening at its rear end, either one of which may be connected with the pipe l), in which event the other is closed, and the flange e permits the plate E to be secured to it whichever side of the pipe B may be uppermost.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesl. In a heating stove or furnace the combination of the radiator shell having a side opening and the reversible curved pipe section a having the flanges n, one of which receives a closing plate N and the other of which connects with another pipe section, the outwardly extending section a3 connected with the up-take b', the damper b2, the vertical passage b, and the curved horizontal pipe B, as and forthe purposes described.

2. A heating stove or furnace having the curved base pipe, B, the pipe b connecting the combustion chamber therewith, the uptake b', the hole fin the pipe b, the cold air inlet, the regulating door at its front end, and the damper G at the lower end of the up-take over the opening f, as and for the purposes described.

3. In a heating stove or furnace the curved pipe B, having the openings d at its inner end one of which receives the pipe b and the other of which is closed bya cap b2, the Iiange e/ about the outer end of the pipe B, a plate E secured to said ange, having a cold air inlet and a door for regulating the opening thereof, as and for the purposes described.

PERGIVAL WV. ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d., J. M. DOLAN. 

